الأربعاء، 5 أغسطس 2020

Gerunds and infinitives after verbs

شرحنا في الدرس السابق { Verb: like + infinitive }

Gerunds after Verbs

Gerunds are the -ing form of a verb. They act like nouns and answer the question what.
They spend their free time playing basketball.
He enjoys skateboarding in the park.

We use gerunds after certain verbs and phrases, such as:
can’t stand feel like love
dislike hate prefer
enjoy like spend time

Infinitives after Verbs

An infinitive is to + the base form of a verb. Like gerunds, infinitives act like nouns and answer the question what.

The verbs like, love, hate, and prefer can go with either a gerund or an infinitive.
I like to watch TV, but I prefer to play games online.

We use infinitives after certain verbs and phrases, such as:
hate love want
like prefer would like
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